That's normal behavior if you link a macro to the commandbar. It remembers
the link and opens the linked macro's file if it's not open, then runs the
macro.

I like to use the Tag and ActionControl to handle menu/commandbar calls. It
avoids that problem and is much easier to manage it using code. As far as I
know, there's no way to avoid the behavior you see unless you
programmatically set up the menu and avoid linking it to a specific
workbook.

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Tim Zych
SF, CA

"Dan" wrote in message
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I have created a toolbar, and assigned macros to the various buttons.
However, excel has added the filename to the macro assignment.
For example, I have a macro called "StartNewProject".
When I assign this macro name to a button on the toolbar, close it, then
look at the button again, it has this macro assigned:
"<WorkbookName!StartnewProject".

Problem is, when I start with a new workbook, it is trying to open the
macro
in another excel file.

How can I keep Excel from preceeding the macro name with the current
workbook file name?

Thanks in advance!